Article IV: Management and Elections

1. The affairs of the Chapter shall be managed by the membership through a Board of Directors and Executive Committee in accordance to these By-Laws.

2. The Board of Directors shall consist of a minimum of ten (10) or a maximum of twelve (12) voting members, including the Immediate Past President of the Chapter as an ex-officio member.

3. Candidates for nomination to the Board of Directors shall be solicited from the active membership. Candidates for the Board of Directors will be nominated by the nomination committee or by membership petition. Members of the Board of Directors will be elected by the voting membership. There shall be no vote cast by proxy.

4. The members of the Board of Directors shall be elected for term of three (3) years to be staggered so that ideally no more than four terms expire in any one year.

5. The Officers will be elected by the Board from the members of the Board of Directors.

6. The Officers shall be six (6): President, Past-President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Newsletter Editor.

7. The President shall serve one (1) year and one (1) year as Past-President. The Vice-President shall be elected for a single term of one (1) year and at the conclusion shall serve as President. The Secretary, Newsletter Editor, and the Treasurer shall be elected for terms of three (3) years. 

8. If a vacancy, except that of President, occurs between terms, the Board of Directors shall appoint a successor to serve the remainder of the term. Should the post of President become vacant for any reason, the Vice-President shall assume the post of President and serve the remainder of the term as acting President and shall succeed to the presidency.

9. The President shall serve as President of the Board.

10. The Executive Committee shall have four (4) or more voting members consisting of the President as the presiding Officer, the Vice-President, the Immediate Past-President and one or more other voting member of the Chapter appointed by the President.

11. The Board of Directors shall determine the number, times and places of the Chapter meetings.